by Erica Askew-Jones ‘What a fantastic idea. Bringing history to life by being site specific. A great mix of facts, drama and entertainment’ (Anonymous feedback) On Thursday 7th March I hosted a public engagement event at the oldest [...]
We are pleased to be able to share the programme for the Deepdead lecture series in Berlin, to start on on April 16th. Ringvorlesung Die Macht der Toten (Faltflyer)
Exploring the Uses of Dead Bodies, Funerary Objects, and Burial Spaces through Time. We are pleased to announce the programme for the event is now available to download Beyond Death-2018-Programme It is not too late to book your place, for further information [...]
Exploring the Uses of Dead Bodies, Funerary Objects, and Burial Spaces through Time This conference, which is one of the outputs of the HERA UP-funded project DEEPDEAD (Deploying the Dead: Artefacts and Human Bodies in Socio-Cultural Transformations), explores the uses [...]
Estella Weiss-Krejci Sebastian Becker Ladislav Šmejda This session is the second part of “Deploying the Dead” which was successfully launched at last year’s EAA in Maastricht. It explores the question of how the bodies of the long-dead and the material [...]
By Sebastian Becker Maastricht is surely known as one of Europe’s most sought after tourist destinations, but this summer it also became a meeting point for archaeologists from Europe and beyond. The occasion was the annual conference of the European [...]
Deploying the Dead Interdisciplinary Dialogues Session 402 EAA Maastricht August 30 - September 2 2017 Organizers: Estella Weiss-Krejci, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Sciences Sebastian Becker, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology, Austrian Academy of [...]
